Lower Oil Prices = Free Market Victory
Seldom has so much good news been portrayed so negatively. Oil prices continue to fall in the U.S. and around the world, but nearly everyone in the media is grumpy about it. The headlines today are among the silliest I’ve seen: Energy-company stocks are...The Myth of Black Confederates
Patrick R. Cleburne, a prominent general in the Confederate Army of Tennessee, could see what was happening in the South in late 1863. Southern troops were outnumbered, soldiers were demoralized, and the institution of slavery was collapsing. So on January 2, 1864,...News From Around the South 11/24 – 12/1
TENNESSEE: Archaeologist Finds ‘Pristine’ Civil War Site A Knoxville archaeologist said he’s discovered the remains of a small Civil War earthen fort off the Third Creek Greenway. Now Charles Faulkner is working to preserve the site he spotted eight years...Liberty, Thanksgiving & The South
What many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving took place in December 1621 as the religious separatist Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Harvest festivals were common and German communities had their Octoberfest. The first...Obiter Dicta
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More